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I want to make it clear- I tình yêu THE MOVIE ALADDIN, I tình yêu every character in it- except Aladdin. And finally, i'll tell bạn why. I didn't really organize this well because I couldn't figure this out.

Scenario: Aladdin và cây đèn thần sees hoa nhài in the marketplace, falls for her, brings her back to his poor-boy hut, and together they have a tim, trái tim to tim, trái tim about how they feel trapped bởi their situations. Although hoa nhài doesn't explicitly state that she is a princess, she does hint that it's not an enjoyable life. "Oh sure, people who tell bạn where to go, and how to dress..." She discusses how she's getting forced to get married and how awful it is. They have a cute moment and nearly kiss, when they're broken up. Princess-in-disguise hoa nhài is about to Kiss đường phố, street con chuột Aladdin.

Cut to Aladdin và cây đèn thần dressed up as a Prince approaching the town. hoa nhài is shown to be totally unimpressed bởi the big parade, rolling her eyes and scoffing at its grandiosity. Aladdin và cây đèn thần grins his cocky-boy grin and enters the castle, charming the Sultan immediately. After referring to hoa nhài as a prize to be won, hoa nhài overhears and angrily scorns them for treating her as such.

WHAT. 1. bạn met hoa nhài in the marketplace and SHE ALMOST KISSED bạn WHEN SHE KNEW bạn WERE A đường phố, street RAT, bạn MORON. This means Aladdin và cây đèn thần is just automatically assuming that because hoa nhài is a princess, because of her royalty, she must be shallow and only want the finest of men. This is a shallow assumption for Aladdin và cây đèn thần to make, and shows he didn't listen to a word hoa nhài đã đưa ý kiến while they were talking at his hut. Even though he knew her when he thought she was also poor, finding out she was a princess illogically and immediately changed his view on her.

2. If what he assumes is true, that hoa nhài IS shallow and only wants rich, handsome men, why would Aladdin, the boy who wants to prove that there's so much thêm to him, degrade himself and act as an impostor just to win a girl he assumes has shallow morals? My only assumption is that because as he previously repeats in the movie, he thinks being rich will solve all his problems. I won't fault him for that, growing up poor all his life must really take his toll, but does he need to bring someone else down with him?

Cut to Aladdin và cây đèn thần on the balcony with Jasmine. Aladdin và cây đèn thần tries to act as smooth, confident Aladdin và cây đèn thần who hoa nhài doesn't care for- but wait! Does hoa nhài recognize him as the đường phố, street con chuột from the marketplace? Aladdin và cây đèn thần agrees with hoa nhài when she says she is rich, the daughter of the sultan (not that he can dispute), and a 'fine prize for any prince to marry'. AGREES. And gives her the ol' up-down with his eyes. She spurns him once again for being SO materialistic and tells him to jump off a balcony, how DARE he be so shallow, like any other stuffed-shirt swaggering peacock she's met!

...Until, of course, Aladdin và cây đèn thần whips out his magic carpet (no metaphor intended) and hoa nhài instantly turns into the materialistic, shallow person that she's been insulting others for being this whole film. "A liar who agrees that I am only a rich, hot prize to be won? GO JUMP OFF A BALCONY! Oh, bạn have a magic carpet? Never mind, let me hop on that!" Jasmine, after discovering this guy not only is lying to her, diễn xuất totally cocky and shallow, but also is trying to win her over with material items (as she was so unimpressed with a giant parade with many other, thêm impressive magical items) rightfully and admirably spurns him, until he literally scrapes the bottom of the barrel and doesn't even try to win her over with words hoặc apology, just pulls out his flying machine and wow, she is charmed. AND at this point she should realize, if she suspects that he is the boy from the marketplace, that he is diễn xuất EXACTLY the opposite of what she wants, even as she EXPRESSED to him, which should lead her to the conclusion that not only is she shallow but he was feigning interest/didn't care.

I won't dive too much into the 'A Whole New World' scene but I will say that there, Aladdin và cây đèn thần is being totally possessive and controlling of Jasmine.

During their scene in China, hoa nhài finally tricks Aladdin và cây đèn thần into revealing that he isn't who he's pretending to be- and he lies again. APPARENTLY HE STILL HASN'T REMEMBERED hoặc PICKED UP ON THE FACT THAT SHE REALLY LOVED THE BOY FROM THE MARKETPLACE, EVEN THOUGH SHE ACTS TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN HE LIES AND SAYS THAT IT WASN'T HIM. ("I even send servants to go to the marketplace for my servants! It couldn't have been me bạn met"...Jasmine: *sighs sadly* "No, I guess not.") Aladdin và cây đèn thần is clearly so self-absorbed he can't even pick up on what hoa nhài wants. He just assumes and takes over.

Finally, let's cut to Prince Ali (Reprise). hoa nhài finally discovers Aladdin và cây đèn thần has been lying the whole time (revealed bởi Jafar, although that scene confuses me; Aladdin và cây đèn thần already lied and đã đưa ý kiến he dressed up as a đường phố, street con chuột to escape palace life, so how would hiển thị him in đường phố, street con chuột clothes reveal anything? Wouldn't hoa nhài just see the clothes as his disguise clothes? but I digress.. ) So now (somehow) she REALLY knows that he really is poor, and that he's been nonstop lying to her this whole time, as well as totally ignoring her các lượt xem and wants like everyone else, and to hàng đầu, đầu trang it all off, he already KNEW what she wanted (freedom and someone to understand her and not assume things about her), and should understand perfectly as that's what Aladdin và cây đèn thần wants to. But he is the worst, as he does understand but acts the opposite, because of totally shallow views. When Aladdin và cây đèn thần returns to rescue them all, there's no conflict with hoa nhài being upset at him, yelling at him for lying so many times, hoặc most preferably, getting fed up at him being so shallow, a liar, and basically treating her like crap. Instead, she just immediately welcomes him back and it's like nothing happened. There's no inner conflict, no attitude, she's just excited to see him and it's as if this girl who supposedly is supposed to not be pray to horrible men just keeps falling for his lies, hoặc willing herself to believe them, regardless of the implications hoặc non-logic. She's turned into a weaker girl than any of the princesses at that point. What? bạn lose major, MAJOR points for me there, Jas.

On hàng đầu, đầu trang of all this, Aladdin và cây đèn thần treats his Những người bạn like crap. He takes total advantage of Abu (who can be a pain but that's no reason to be rude), AND especially Genie, who shows nothing but kindness to Aladdin, and to who Aladdin và cây đèn thần keeps abusing and taking advantage of. Whenever anyone, especially the Genie, tries to offer him advice, he yells/snaps at them ("Buzz off!") and acts incredibly self-absorbed.

Aladdin và cây đèn thần is also so down on himself , the whole thing about him not being worthy of anyone but then sings "There's so much thêm to me" and says "I'm not worthless!". Its like he's both trying to prove himself, but he's self-pitying when it's convenient for him. He always wants to be the victim.

I wouldn't be so bothered bởi all of this if Aladdin và cây đèn thần had changed in the end, but he didn't. He's still the same Aladdin. He never apologizes for his actions, except fleetingly, and to Abu, ("I'm sorry Abu, this is all my fault, I've gotta go back and set things straight.") when he should be apologizing to Genie & Jasmine. His transformation is condensed to one sentence- "I gotta stop trying to be something I'm not." bạn never see any REAL transformation. And in the sequels & the TV shows he continues to boss Genie around and lie and lie again and again and again, apologizes everytime, and goes back to lying again. The cycle is this:

And the cycle repeats. Over and over. I'm neutral towards/ dislike Aladdin và cây đèn thần in the first movie, but in the sequels I honestly hate him. I won't get into discussing how he's so much worse in the sequels, but let's just say 'Out of Thin Air' has to be one of the most condescending and disrespectful things Aladdin's ever said/sang, although I like the song.

I can't forgive Aladdin và cây đèn thần for all the things I named. Assumptions, being shallow, rude to his friends, but most of all- NEVER LEARNING HIS GODDAMN LESSON. And hoa nhài can't be in my hàng đầu, đầu trang 3. I love her attitude, probably the thing she gets criticized most for and is actually the best part about her, but her actions I find hypocritical and weak.

30 comments

Well, I agree with most everything that you said, though Aladdin isn't my least favorite prince, I don't think that Disney characters have to pe perfect to be liked, but Aladdin really gets in my nerves sometimes. About you being confused when Jasmine "figures out" Prince Ali doesn't exist, I think she just noticed that he had the genie and for once was smart enough to get right conclusions. Yes, Jasmine is currently my least favorite Disney Princess.

Damn right. I couldn't have said it any better. I agree with everything you said! I like Aladdin until he finds out Jasmine is a Princess; it all goes hauling ass downhill after that. I can't get over ALL OF THE FREAKING LIES. Whenever he opens his mouth, HE LIES. He doesn't change, or learn a lesson like all the other heroes/heroines do in their movies. I literally can't stand him...but I do like the movie.

As much as I love the movie and the characters, I can't help but agree with your statements. But all DP movies have characters with flaws too. If someone made a critical opinion about another movie too, you'd be surprised by the number of flaws each character has.

I so agree! (Yes I know, that has to be a first). But really, that's exactly the reason I'm not a big fan of their love story. Even in the scene when they are in Aladdin's home and "talk with each other" - they actually don't, Aladdin talks about himself, Jasmine talks about herself, both are absorbed in their own problems, there is no real kommunikation between them.
Though I do like the friendship between Aladdin and the Genie - that's actually the heart of the movie, Aladdin first treats the Genie as an equal (though he does trick him at the beginning), until he becomes an example of "power corrupts" and at the end of the movie, he has learned his lesson in this regard. (The TV-Show and the subsequent movies were mostly about putting the Genie out of comission, because otherwise he would be able to solve everything far too easily).

Well, I think there is a LITTLE communication, when they connect on that basis that they both want the same thing (although Aladdin & Jasmine are feeling two different types of entrapment).
I do like Aladdin & Genie's friendship, actually. But piled on with the other crap Aladdin does, I guess Aladdin's general rudeness bothers me.
I'm glad we agree on something!

it's funny how you keep saying that aladdin doesn't change at all...well, tell me this, does ariel changes at the end of the movie? cause i can't see anything.
and don't you love ariel because she has flaws?
i'm sorry, i'm not saying that this article is useless, i actually agree with some things, but it looks like you're overanalyzing everything, when you don't do the same thing for the other princes. if you wanted more people to start "hating" aladdin, congrats, cause i really think you did. but i still love him, despite your opinion

I agree with everything you said, and for some weird reason, this article makes me love him even more. He has all these flaws, and he lies, and he wants to prove himself, but in the end he still manages to treat Jasmine right and love her. He learned his lesson(ignoring the sequels), and he's still number one on my list.

@pretty_angel92- I'm pretty sure it wasn't her intention to get everyone to "hate on" Aladdin. I know a few people probably didn't understand why she disliked him before this article; which was probably one of the main purposes- to explain the reasons she dislikes him.
Every Princess/Prince has flaws...some just stand out more than the others. I disagree with you about Ariel. She has flaws, but they make her a better person I think. She is impulsive: she went to Ursula even though she knew it wasn't a good idea, but she simply "had" to have a chance with Eric. She feels bad for her actions after she turns back into a mermaid and her Father comes to her rescue. She apologizes to him. She was never outwardly mean or rude to anyone...she doesn't constantly lie. A lot of us who dislike Aladdin find this to be his main fault...and he doesn't change! He continues to lie, and everyone just keeps giving him another chance. At the end of the Little Mermaid I always get the feeling that Ariel has matured...maybe that's just me. I don't feel that with Aladdin. This isn't directed straight at you, but I'm getting very tired of people bashing people for simply voicing their opinions. I'm good friends with princesslullaby, and I'm pretty sure brainwashing the people of fanpop to hate Aladdin was not her intent. She is just explaining why she feels the way she does about him.

Good article but people are not perfect and when he does lie its because he is insecure and cares. Jasmine forgiving him is becuase i think she knows he does that because he cares. Its not like he is lying about cheating on her or killing someone. As well with her becomign materilistic on the carpet its because when he said do you trust me it clicks it is him as well its a way to see the world and get her out of the trapped walls of the palace. And i am probaly being bias because Jasmine is my favorite princess and I love aladdin he has faults but so do most characters

Yes, he is certainly a flawed character, but I like the fact that his character is developed. Can you not argue that Aladdin is insecure and dishonest because of his background? I think we're meant to be endeared by his devilish qualities, because he does a lot of things that young kids can relate to. But he also helps Jasmine when he sees her in trouble and, early in the movie, he generously gives his food to two children. Other instances also make him seem like a nice person, so he isn't all bad.

I don't think Aladdin assumed that Jasmine has crappy morals. I think that after he learned that Jasmine was a princess, his same old insecurity of feeling not "good enough" came to the forefront. In response to that inner conflict, he put on this suave prince face, thinking that he would be good enough for Jasmine this way. And that's not a reflection of what he thought of her, it's a reflection about how he feels for himself. And as far as Aladdin singing about "being more", I think he was more trying to convince, not only the audience, but himself, that this was true. This whole movie was really Aladdin coming to terms with himself, and loving himself for who he really is. When he finally learned that lesson, then he got the girl.

Ps. I appreciate how much thought you put into this article.. It was an interesting read!

The only thing that makes me forgive him a bit is that he knew Jasmine was being forced into marriage by her father. So he knew he only had a certain amount of time to woo her and he knew she had to marry a prince, after all, it was beyond Jasmine's control whether or not she marries a prince or a non-prince. No one could have predicted the sultan randomly changing the law. So in the case of the wishing to be a prince thing, fine. But I think he ABSOLUTELY should have told Jasmine who he really was and that he found a genie and wished to be a prince so that he could marry her etc. I'm pretty sure she'd be down to help cover for him, it's not like she gives a damn if her husband is royalty. The fact that he spends the movie manipulating and tricking his love interest by pretending to be a complete other person is SO wrong. He is really quite ruthless. He's also pretty mean to the Genie from the start...tricking the Genie out of a wish so he can keep him enslaved longer for his more selfish wishes. And the second he turns back on his promise to Genie, I want to punch him in the face. He thinks the only reason Jasmine or anyone thinks anything of him is the Genie...and yet, he wants to keep the Genie as his slave so that he can continue to successfully deceive everyone?!? UGH.

"What if Jasmine finds out I'm not really a prince? I could lose her." Yeah, Al, it's better to keep a girl in the dark about your actual identity because if she knows you're a big fat lying manipulative asshole, she might try and LEAVE YOU! That justifies your lies...........

I agree that he never seems to listen to her. She refers to his poor home and lifestyle as "fabulous." She is so clearly excited by his adventurous, non-cooped up life and he even replies to her that it's not much. So he hears her, he just doesn't process or remember how she feels about anything I guess. The part that I HATE THE MOST IS WHEN HE SAYS: "Royalty sneaking into the city in disguise, it sounds a little strange, don't you think?" You fucking bastard! That was his most manipulative moment in the film! He knows that Jasmine did that so he is straight up lying to trick her into thinking he relates to her. He is so disgusting.

I completly disagree with what you said in your article.
Aladdin is one of the best princes because he has flaws.
He cares about Jasmine and that is why he lies he is also insecure about himself. When he took Jasmine on a carpet ride he was also doing it for himself because he also felt trapped, "a whole new world for you and me." He is the most unselfish prince they grew together.

I don't agree with any of this. Also he didn't say "BUZZ OFF" just because Genie was giving him advice, he siad it because Genie siad "You want me to sting her?". But I see your point even though I completely disagree with you. Great article though.

Now, this makes me wonder if you dislike Dimitri from Anastasia too. Because he said the same stuff about himself and treated Anastasia like crap as well, and he knew she was a princess before and tricked her as well.
Also, the same can be said about Ariel. Least Aladdin had a conversation with Jasmine. Aladdin was insecure about himself.
He didn't assume she was shallow.
When people are hard on themselves it's hard for them to think straight. He is a very flawed characters. He's also a young kid, living in the streets, in the film world, you are supposed to feel for the main characters. Which is why he sings about himself, he's a complex character.
And he does grow. By choosing to give up his life with Jasmine to set Genie free. He uses his last wish, and decides to not lie to her anymore.
With his background, he is prone to lying and only knows how to steal and cheat. For one, when he first meets Jasmine, he got her out of her mess by lying. Lying is bad, but if he hadn't of lied, she would have lost her arm.
I love Aladdin, he is my favorite prince. And if you dislike him, sure.
But remember, you mentioned that he only liked Jasmine because she was pretty. Well, Ariel only saw Eric once, swooned over him, rescued him. "He's so beautiful" sings a song. I know she wanted to go on land beforehand, but she knew nothing about Eric except for the fact that he was pretty.
I did find your article very interesting to read, I really enjoyed it. And some parts made me go, "hmmm interesting point."
I don't want to fight with you since I love you a lot, haha. But I decided to give my side. I hope this doesn't make you mad. I'm not trying to be mean. Lessthanthree haha

Well, by showing up to Jasmine's palace with a giant parade and saying she won't love him because he's poor- that IS assuming she's shallow, which is sad considering he should know she's not.
I do feel for Aladdin, believe me- but I think his character is flawed. I don't mean he's flawed as a person, I mean the character itself.
Oh, I don't mind Aladdin lying to get Jasmine out of a mess, that's entirely different lying. And btw, Ariel's flaws and Aladdin's flaws are entirely different.
But with Ariel & Eric they're pushing love at first sight, and so for that I won't fault Ariel, or any other prince/princess for loving someone on just looking at them, because that's how love at first sight works. You see them, and you KNOW they're meant for you.
With Aladdin & Jasmine, they're not. So I treat their romance differently.
It's not a fight, it's a discussion, and I appreciate it.
About Aladdin setting Genie free- I love this moment with Aladdin, I really do, but one nice gesture doesn't make up for tons of lying and the fact that he wasn't going to set Genie free in the first place, because it wasn't to Aladdin's benefit. Here, to set Genie free, Aladdin has nothing to lose since he's changed his mind about changing himself, so it's a lot less generous to me.
Dimitri from Anastasia is a little different- He wasn't trying to win her over or get her to fall in love with him, he actually just wanted to use her and get rid of her, which is douchey, I'll admit, but it's not the same as getting her to fall in love. I think I have an issue with that.
I don't hate Aladdin, and I really love him in some moments. I am neutral about him in the first movie- it's when I get to the sequels that I really start to dislike him. It shows that he hasn't changed at all and that he constantly lies, and Jasmine's turned into a submissive housewife.